Posted by Mike Barnard on 03/04/07 11:02

On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:22:31 +0100, "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net>
wrote:

>Mike Barnard wrote:
>
>> I have been examining the code of a site and often, not always, there
>> is a slash before the end of a statement.
>> <br class="clear" />
>> Why is it needed, if it is needed, and what is it good for? I
>> understand </p> </h1> etc but why a /> alone?
>
>As mbstevens already pointed out, it's xhtml, just keep in mind to not use
>that in html, so if you copy something from an xhtml source to use on your
>html page, remove those '/' in the end of the tags, or else it can be a bit
>"random" what may happen in a browser.

Belive it or not, I don't 'copy' source. :) But I'm trying to
understand why people do what they do. Thanks for the input.

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